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Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches
5-14 Alarm Limits
Alarm Limits
Using the Alarm Limits windows, you can conÞgure alarm limits for the Ethernet
MicroLAN Switch at the repeater, board, and port levels; these alarms will notify
you Ð via traps sent to SPECTRUM Element ManagerÕs alarm logging facility Ð
that your system has experienced a certain percentage of collisions or errors, or a
certain number of speciÞc packet types, within a user-deÞned time interval. You
can also use the board- and port-level Alarms windows to disable a board or port
in response to an alarm condition.
Accessing the Alarm Limits Windows
To open the repeater-level Alarm Limits window from the Chassis View:
1. Click on Repeater on the Chassis View menu bar; a menu listing the available
repeater channels will appear.
2. Select the appropriate repeater channel (A - H) to reveal the Repeater menu.
3. Click on Alarm Limits. The Repeater Alarm Limits window, Figure 5-6, will
appear.
NOTE
In order for your device to issue any traps Ð and in order for your management
workstation to receive those traps Ð your Ethernet MicroLAN SwitchÕs trap table must
have been properly conÞgured via Local Management; see the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch
hardware manual for more information.
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Although you can access the Alarm Limits window at both the repeater and board levels,
note that setting alarms at those two levels will have the same effect, as each Ethernet
MicroLAN Switch ÒboardÓ is equivalent to a repeater channel.